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1981 Phoenix Champ Cars

1981 Phoenix Champ Cars is 26th CART race. Passed at the Phoenix circuit. Bobby Unser won the pole position, Johnny Rutherford won this race. Bobby Unser and Tom Sneva also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1980 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1981 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 22nd March 1981

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars

7th victory for the Chaparral Racing team
8th victory for the Johnny Rutherford
14th podium for the Johnny Rutherford
18th podium for the Bobby Unser
9th podium for the Tom Sneva

Chaparral 2K - 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

Chaparral 2K #1 - 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars winner

1981 Phoenix Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	21	1h 17m 8s	Chaparral Racing
2	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	17	1h 17m 30s	Penske Racing
3	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #2	14	149 laps	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
4	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	12	147 laps	Penske Racing
5	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	10	145 laps	Alsup Racing
6	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	8	144 laps Fuel pump	Patrick Racing
7	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	6	144 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	5	144 laps	Jerry Karl
9	Geoff Brabham	Penske PC7, #54	4	144 laps	Kraco Racing
10	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	3	140 laps	Leader Card Racers
11	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	2	139 laps Fuel pump	Patrick Racing
12	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	1	136 laps	Fletcher Racing Team
13	Bob Frey	Eagle ? 1981, #42	1	136 laps	Tom Frantz
14	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	1	133 laps	Joe Hunt
15	Scott Brayton	Penske PC6, #37	1	127 laps	Brayton Racing
16	Jim Buick	Eagle ? 1981, #26	1	53 laps Throttle cable	Buick Racing
17	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	1	38 laps Handling	Longhorn Racing
18	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	1	30 laps Vibration	Bill Tempero
19	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23	1	27 laps Engine	McElreath Racing
20	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1981, #95	1	8 laps Piston	Kraco Racing
21	Josele Garza	Penske PC7, #55	0	1 laps Accident	Psachie-Garza Racing
22	Tom Frantz	Eagle ? 1981, #96	0	Turbocharger	Tom Frantz

Qualifying Results for the 1981 Phoenix Champ Cars on the Phoenix circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Bobby Unser	Penske PC9B, #3	25.165s	Penske Racing
2	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8, #20	25.288s	Patrick Racing
3	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #1	25.448s	Chaparral Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8, #40	25.496s	Patrick Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC9B, #6	25.61s	Penske Racing
6	Tom Sneva	Phoenix 80, #2	25.704s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Bill Alsup	Penske PC7, #41	25.863s	Alsup Racing
8	Pancho Carter	Penske PC7, #5	25.904s	Alex Foods Racing
9	Josele Garza	Penske PC7, #55	25.993s	Psachie-Garza Racing
10	Geoff Brabham	Penske PC7, #54	26.223s	Kraco Racing
11	Al Unser	Longhorn LR02, #8	26.347s	Longhorn Racing
12	Dick Simon	Watson ? 1981, #22	26.612s	Leader Card Racers
13	Bob Lazier	Penske PC7, #35	26.616s	Fletcher Racing Team
14	Jerry Karl	McLaren M16E, #38	26.743s	Jerry Karl
15	Bill Tempero	McLaren M16E, #15	27.144s	Bill Tempero
16	Scott Brayton	Penske PC6, #37	27.169s	Brayton Racing
17	Jim McElreath	Eagle ? 1981, #23	27.669s	McElreath Racing
18	Phil Krueger	Eagle ? 1981, #89	27.715s	Joe Hunt
19	Larry Cannon	Wildcat ? 1981, #95	28.21s	Kraco Racing
20	Bob Frey	Eagle ? 1981, #42	28.933s	Tom Frantz
21	Jim Buick	Eagle ? 1981, #26	37.296s	Buick Racing
22	Tom Frantz	Eagle ? 1981, #96	40.241s	Tom Frantz